Voice rehabilitation after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer

The purpose of our study was to improve the quality of life of patients after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer.Material and methods. Voice rehabilitation outcomes in 50 patients with stage II-III oral and oropharyngeal cancer were studied. All patients underwent resection of V> of th...

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Main Authors: E. A. Krasavina, L. N. Balatskaya, E. L. Choynzonov, D. E. Kulbakin
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Language:Russian
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch Publishing House 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://sibmed.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/313
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author E. A. Krasavina
L. N. Balatskaya
E. L. Choynzonov
D. E. Kulbakin
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L. N. Balatskaya
E. L. Choynzonov
D. E. Kulbakin
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description The purpose of our study was to improve the quality of life of patients after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer.Material and methods. Voice rehabilitation outcomes in 50 patients with stage II-III oral and oropharyngeal cancer were studied. All patients underwent resection of V> of the tongue. The patients were aged between 33 and 70 years, 70 % of them were up to 60 years. All patients received combined modality treatment and postoperative voice rehabilitation in Cancer Research Institute of Tomsk National Research Medical Center of RAS. The technique of voice rehabilitation included breathing exercises, articulation gymnastics for the muscles of the cheeks, lips, tongue, lower jaw and correc of disturbances in sound pronunciation. A speech function was assessed before and after rehabilitation using speech material that contained a text with semantic load, individual words, syllables and a meaningless set of sounds.Results and discussion. In the postoperative period, all patients experienced a sharp restriction of the mobility of the stump of the tongue, very low speech intelligibility, violation of the pronunciation of sounds, complete or partial absence of intonation pattern, and slowdown in the rate of speech. Postoperative voice rehabilitation aimed at increasing the mobility of tongue stump and correcting sound pronunciation made it possible to improve speech function in the period from 5 to 30 days (median 22.1) by restoring the pronunciation of the velar sounds [K, G] in 78-94 % of cases, alveolar sounds [T, D] in 74-80    I [C] in 56 % of cases. Based on the study, the authors conclude that speech rehabilitation is required for all patients, who underwent surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer, taking into account the extent of surgery and individual characteristics of the patients.
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spelling doaj.art-34f0f72529d7475889e208c09bc52b0e2024-03-07T18:49:58ZrusRussian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch Publishing HouseСибирский научный медицинский журнал2410-25122410-25202020-01-01396656910.15372/SSMJ20190608221Voice rehabilitation after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancerE. A. Krasavina0L. N. Balatskaya1E. L. Choynzonov2D. E. Kulbakin3Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of RASCancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of RASCancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of RASCancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of RASThe purpose of our study was to improve the quality of life of patients after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer.Material and methods. Voice rehabilitation outcomes in 50 patients with stage II-III oral and oropharyngeal cancer were studied. All patients underwent resection of V> of the tongue. The patients were aged between 33 and 70 years, 70 % of them were up to 60 years. All patients received combined modality treatment and postoperative voice rehabilitation in Cancer Research Institute of Tomsk National Research Medical Center of RAS. The technique of voice rehabilitation included breathing exercises, articulation gymnastics for the muscles of the cheeks, lips, tongue, lower jaw and correc of disturbances in sound pronunciation. A speech function was assessed before and after rehabilitation using speech material that contained a text with semantic load, individual words, syllables and a meaningless set of sounds.Results and discussion. In the postoperative period, all patients experienced a sharp restriction of the mobility of the stump of the tongue, very low speech intelligibility, violation of the pronunciation of sounds, complete or partial absence of intonation pattern, and slowdown in the rate of speech. Postoperative voice rehabilitation aimed at increasing the mobility of tongue stump and correcting sound pronunciation made it possible to improve speech function in the period from 5 to 30 days (median 22.1) by restoring the pronunciation of the velar sounds [K, G] in 78-94 % of cases, alveolar sounds [T, D] in 74-80    I [C] in 56 % of cases. Based on the study, the authors conclude that speech rehabilitation is required for all patients, who underwent surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer, taking into account the extent of surgery and individual characteristics of the patients.https://sibmed.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/313oral and oropharyngeal cancerimpaired speech functionvoice rehabilitationquality of life
spellingShingle E. A. Krasavina
L. N. Balatskaya
E. L. Choynzonov
D. E. Kulbakin
Voice rehabilitation after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer
Сибирский научный медицинский журнал
oral and oropharyngeal cancer
impaired speech function
voice rehabilitation
quality of life
title Voice rehabilitation after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer
title_full Voice rehabilitation after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer
title_fullStr Voice rehabilitation after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer
title_full_unstemmed Voice rehabilitation after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer
title_short Voice rehabilitation after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer
title_sort voice rehabilitation after surgery for oral and oropharyngeal cancer
topic oral and oropharyngeal cancer
impaired speech function
voice rehabilitation
quality of life
url https://sibmed.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/313
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